Attraction is a digital artwork created by a fusion between a drawing and a painting. The drawing was created using drawing techniques of pencil and charcoal and the painting consists of multiple layers of various painting techniques.
The work was inspired by a photo I took in my garden of the leaf of a lady's mantle. It often happens that the leaf of the lady's mantle is beautifully covered with drops, but this time I found the arrangement of the drops very special. Such a large drop in the middle with all those other smaller drops around it.
When I started editing the photo a bit and applying certain painting techniques, I began to feel a visual movement in the image. So the image, in my mind, plays with perception a bit. This is how the drops roll in my perception .
But there is more. Moreover, by staring at the big drop, I get the feeling that the image creates a kind of sucking tunnel vision. It clearly excites my brain. There is a kind of momentum to it. Something dynamic. I think I created that by accident through the fine brushstrokes I applied. I hope you can somewhat follow the experience I am describing. It is difficult for me to put into words.
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